On letterhead for Douglas Laycock, a professor of law and of religious studies at the University of Virginia, 10 professors in addition to Laycock signed on. The thrust of the letter is that SB1062 is not discriminatory because it’s not the bill that was proposed in Kansas.
Civil & Human Rights
GOP war on voting: Gov. Brewer signs bill voiding citizens referendum on HB 2305
More than 140,000 Arizona citizens signed the petitions for a referendum of the GOP Voter Suppression Act, HB 2305, exercising their constitutional right under the Arizona Constitution to refer HB 2305 to the voters of Arizona to decide the issue. The repeal legislation passed by our Tea-Publican legislature would void the referendum and once again … Read more
Action Alert: CAP abortion bill in the House today
Your work is not done now that Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed the Religious Bigotry bill from Cathi Herrod and the Center for Arizona Policy (CAP). The Committee of the Whole (COW) in the House is debating the CAP bill for surprise inspections of abortion clinics,HB 2284 (.pdf) TODAY. This bill is really about harassing … Read more
We really dodged a bullet there
So Brewer vetoed the very bad no good Center for Arizona Policy bill, with the attention of the world on her, and of course we must all contact her and thank her, for Republicans must be praised effusively like good doggies who haven’t soiled the rug on those rare occasions they do the right thing. … Read more
Governor Brewer vetoes SB 1062
Cathi Herrod and her Christian Taliban at the Center for Arizona Policy (CAP) are having a bad week. First, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from the state of Arizona of CAP’s attempt to defund Planned Parenthood. The Ninth Circuit struck down the law as unconstitutional. Now Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed the Religious … Read more